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Ancient Trees to Visit in Great Britain Ancient trees to visit in Great Britain East Anglia Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire. Henk van Boeschoten & Hanneke de Bruijn 2008-2009 East Anglia Near Chelsford 1. Chilean plum yew (1,73m), Chelmsford Around fused stems. Roadside fence of TA Offices, Springfield road Road: 51°44'14.6"N 0°29'04.9"E 2. Elm (4,71m), Fardings farm, Terling Roadside 51°48'07.5"N 0°35'13.2"E 3. Oak (4 hugs), Terling (e.g. next to footpath or road) 51°48'21.42"N 0°34'03.54"E 4. Pyrenean Oak (3,2m) Hylands House & Park, London Road, Widford Near lightfoot spring in Park. 51°42'39.5"N 0°26'13.9"E 5. Yew (5,24m) Fryerning, Essex W of Parish Church, Saint Mary the Virgin. .51°40'33.2"N 0°22'08.2"E 6. Lime (2.67m), Danbury Ridge Reserves, Danbury. Found on Woodland trust site. Hornbeam 2.01m, Sessile Oak 3.16m, 2,67m, 12.6m. 51°43'18.88"N, 0°35'11.84"E 7. Pedunculate Oak (7,09 m)Danbury common, Danbury Sweet Chestnut (6m) Common beech(5,47m) 51°42'49.3"N 0°33'46.1"E 8. Sessile Oak, (6,90m), Maldon, Beeleigh farm. Pollard by london Road near Beeleigh farm. 51°43'54.4"N 0°39'08.7"E 9. Pedunculate oak Ancient trees, along the river Chelmer Found on Woodland trust site. Near Ulting to the S-E: Ash, 4.2m, Pedunculate oak 4.98m, 6.03m, To the W: White willow 6.28m, field maple 1,63m, 51°44'37.33"N, 0°37'2.17"O 10. Hybrid Elm (4,7m) Nounsley Laneside 51°45'33.7"N0°35'39.3"E 11. Judas tree (2,32) Riffhams farm, Little Baddow 51°43'39.3"N 0°33'42.1"E 12. Smooth-Leaved Elm (4,55 m) Termitts farm, Hatfield Peverel in hedge by footpath 51°47'10.6"N 0°35'16.1"E 13. Small Leaved Lime 4.19m, Boreham, Essex. Found on Woodland trust site. Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road), Hedgerow. 51°46'16.15"N, 0°33'2.75"E 14. Dengie Elms, Burnham-on-Crouch. Dengie Peninsula, Essex (old) Elm survivors over the peninsula. In hedgerows and near the road adult elms growing. Smooth- leaved Elm. 51°40'4.57"N 0°50'17.69"E 15. Black Popular (World’s End), Roydon, Harlow, Essex. Roydon is on the Essex/Herts border near Harlow. Drive up the lane leading from the top of the High Street & park by the allotments(volkstuin). Take the bridleway on the lefty into the open countryside and after 600 yards (548,64 m) turn left after crossing the stream. Keep along the field edge for 860 yard (786,38 m). The tree is just before the path reaches a track. Other Black Populars can be seen on the way Parking place: 51°46'15.47"N 00°02'26.48"E 16. Harlow town park A wide range of trees 51°46'40.3"N 0°06'02.6"E 17. London plane (6,97m), Passmores House, third avenue, Harlow. Museum. In back garden. 51°45'46.0"N 0°05'15.2"E 18. Ash, 6.25 m Hatfield Heath, Essex Woodland trust. Pollard. Public accessibility. Next to pad or road. 51°48'44.54"N, 0°13'47.15"E 19. Pedunculate Oak 8.12m, Down Hall Country House/Park, Hatfield Heath. Found on Woodland Trust site. Oak, 4.2 m, 51°47'41.86"N, 0°12'29.31"E 20. Pendunculate Oak (11,39m), Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad oak Oak with burrs. 51°50'11.1"N 0°14'52.8"E 21. Ancient Trees, Hatfield Forest, Takeley, Essex. Old forest with ancient Hornbeam Pollards, still Coppiced. Veteran Pedunculate Oak 9.6m, 12.56m Parking place: 51°51'20.86"N, 0°14'0.89"E 22. Sycamore(5,55m), Little Hallingbury, Essex Found on Woodland trust site. 51°50'6.51"N, 0°10'44.39"E 23. Hornbeam (4,22m) Woodside Green, Great Hallingbury pollard at edge of Wall wood. 51°50'39.2"N 0°12'36.1"E 24. Oriental Plane (5,87m) Audley End House and Gardens, Saffron Walden English Heritage, regularly open 52°01'16.5"N0°13'11.1"E 25. Persian Ironwood (1,09m) Easton Lodge, Little Easton Sometimes open. A range of trees planted in the 20th century by an Dendrologist Main Season Open Days 2016: (NB we are not open to the general public at any other time ) 24 April, 22 May, 26 June, 24 July, 21 August, 18 September, 16 October 51°53'33.2"N 0°18'31.3"E 26. Burry Maiden Oak, 9,86m Pedunculate Oak, Easton Park, Little Easton Near footpath 51°53'20.35"N, 0°19'31.01"E 27. Crack Willow (6,59m) Great Dunmow Pollard on green near school 51°53'10.2"N 0°21'17.5"E 28. Wild Black Popular (4,67m) Great Yeldham The White hart, By Colne 52°00'37.6"N 0°33'57.7"E 29. Pedunculate Oak 9.68m, Stebbing Green. Across lane from porter's Hall by pond. Pollard, visible from public access 51°53'08.7"N 0°26'16.7"E 30. Cappadocian Maple (2,91m) Braintree & Bocking Public Gardens on St Peters road. W side by thatched summerhouse 51°52'56.4"N 0°33'10.8"E 31. Tulip tree (4,96m) Daws hall, Lamarsh regularly open, rare young trees 51°59'48.4"N 0°44'51.3"E 32. Box (1,44m) Garden House, White Notley viewable church St Etheldreda 51°50'03.1"N 0°35'22.9"E 33. Pedunculate Oak (8.61m), Wolemia nobilis, Markshall Garden arboretum,Estate Marks hall road, Coggeshall, Colchester Essex. Parkland, Pollard. Oak, service Tree 3.14m, alder 2.4m, Field Maple 2.4m. Postcode CO6 1TG 51°53'42.3"N 0°40'31.4"E 34. Arboretum Salling Hall, Great Salling Open daily,. Established by writer and dendrologist Hugh Johnson. Near camping Golden Grove 51°54'09.1"N 0°28'24.0"E Near Colchester 35. Austrian pine (5,27m) Colchester Cemetry 51°52'20.8"N 0°54'32.0"E 36. Arboretum, Feeringbury manor, Feering A young one 51°51'32.3"N 0°42'35.6"E 37. Pedunculate Oak, 7m, Fingringhoe, Essex Pollard on Village green. River/estuary in town. 51°50'45.81"N, 0°56'35.40"E 38. Ponderosa Pine (3,86m), Lexden Park, Church Lane, Colchester 51°53'16.0"N 0°51'47.7"E 39. Giant Sequoia (8,32m), Milsoms Hotel, Stratford road, Dedham 51°57'39.0"N 0°58'24.3"E Near Manningtree 40. Old knobbly (8,54m), (Ancient Oak), Mistley, Manningtree, Essex. The magnificent old survivor of an pollard oak. 1000 years old. On the edge of the village lies a beautiful woodland. You can walk in to the wood directly from the village or approach across the nearby rec. field. Parking place: 51°56'27.16"N, 1°5'6.62"E 41. Stour Wood, Copperas Bay, Ramsey, Wrabness road, Essex Sweet Chestnut Coppice wood still active pollarding 51°56'2.47"N, 1°11'5.33"E 42. White Willow (7,25m), Ramsey pollard by stream near sewage works 51°56'09.9"N 1°13'47.9"E 43. Staverton Park, Butley, Woodbridge, Suffolk.(The Thicks) On the B-road from Butley. Old medieval park. Old veteran pollard oaks and huge Holly trees. At least 300 years old. 52° 6'7.53"N, 1°27'0.15"E 44. Pedunculate Oak, 8.02m, Saint Osyth, Essex Found on Woodland trust site. Parkland, St Osyth Priory, Tree Register of the British Isles. Sweet Chestnut 6.36m, Other P oaks, White willow 5.5m. 51°47'55.79"N, 1° 4'34.53"E 45. Holm Oak (5,58m) Saint Osyth, Essex Cemetery. Near gate 51°48'16.1"N 1°05'00.6"E 46. Caucasian Wingnut (3,98m) Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea Priory Park, Park with good trees. W of formal garden 51°33'11.8"N 0°42'13.1"E 47. Field Maple (4,52m) Downham Pollard, N of Church St Margaret 51°37'47.6"N 0°29'51.6"E 48. Yew (4,77m) Great burstead S of parish church.Saint Mary Magdalene 51°36'14.6"N 0°25'30.4"E 49. Oak 4.6m, The Old Park/Thorndon C'ntry Park, Bentwood, Essex Silver Birch 3,73m. Lord Petre grew many Exotic trees here in the 18th century 51°35'54.49"N, 0°19'35.54"E 50. Hornbeam (5,8m), North Weald Country Park, Brentwood, Essex. Open Acces, former deer park with Ancient trees. Hornbeam is a very hollow pollard near Iron age hill-fort. 51°37'43.0"N 0°15'37.4"E 51. Hungarian Oak (4,52m) Shenfield, Brentwood on Shenfield Common. 51°37'00.7"N 0°18'45.7"E 52. Historic Garden, Warley place, Great Warley Garden of Ellen Willmott. Now an essex Wildlife and Nature Trust Reserve. Umbrella callifornia. 51°35'36.7"N 0°17'03.8"E Near Epping 53. Beech Pollard (7,44m), Epping Forest, NE London. From Chelmsford A414 to Harlow, turn right at Tyler’s Green, follow the signs to Epping Forest. Largest essamblage of Veteran old beech and Hornbeam Pollards.
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